Hi Kathy, Visits to NYC cemeteries always takes longer than you'd expect. Just finding the main entrance is a feat in itself! Then you have massive numbers of rows to locate one possible headstone. Calvary Cemetery has something like 5 million buried there. Million! This is not your hometown churchyard. You my be expecting too much to visit Calvary & Holy Cross in one day, unless you are super organized with lists and cemetery maps. What county will you be staying in? It sounds like your host is not keen on going, but might if you had more people with you. BTW One afternoon there, we once generously tipped their maintenance guy to lead us to each exact section. The office staff arranged this for us, on site. Think about IF you want to visit both cemeteries IF no headstones exist. I do, but that's me. I've copied a few people who might offer to meet you at Calvary, but you'd have to let them chose the day. Have you ever been to NYC before? What else are you hoping to accomplish? Barb -----Original Message----- From: K H <[email protected]> If I can get my host to go with me we’ll go on Tuesday. Have to visit Holy Cross as well. Kathy > On Sep 18, 2016, at 11:45 AM, MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> wrote: > > RE * below...If a grave is listed as MM, that means you walk back 26 headstones from > A-Z, then the alphabet begins again. This, to explain how you can easily end up in an > isolated spot. > > I always suggest that visitors to NYC tell us locals when you will visit Calvary and the NYC Municipal Archives, and someone here may be able to meet up with you. I will > be at the Archives on Tuesday. What day do you want to go to Calvary? > > Barb > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: MizScarlettNY <[email protected]> > > > Hi Kathy, Larry, Joyce, and all, > > I'm including Rosemary Muscarella Ardolina in this email, the author of "New Yorker's Carved in Stone." Also including Jim GARRITY from Irish History Roundtable./// Yes, I have been to Calvary and it's a genealogcial "must" to me. Don't go to any NYC cemetery alone or when the office is closed. (Once we had a flat tire there on a Saturday afternoon; even NYPD could not locate us.)/// To describe Calvary with two words: "urban humungous." Four sections are divided by major highways; some areas are very isolated./// > > (1) CEMETERY MAP>>>http://calvarycemeteryqueens.com/pdf/Calvary-Cemetery-Map.pdf (2) OFFICE is in 2nd Calvary. Check in there first. > Put office phone number in your cell. (3) Bring your LIST of burials*, by section. Drive between sections. (4) Funerals are in mornings, so even more people and staff are around then. (5) SHOES for comfort. (6) Lock handbags in trunk of car. (7) Charge CAMERA. (8) ENJOY!/// > > I stand for the national anthem, > Barb > > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lanzaro <[email protected]> > The sign at the entrance on Queens Blvd says the gates are open daily from 10 til 4:15, but their webpage says 9am til 4:30pm. The phone number for the cemetery office is (718) 786-8000. The office is closed on Sunday and only open on Saturday until 1pm. Here is the cemetery webpage - http://www.calvarycemeteryqueens.com/ Good luck. Larry > > K H <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ll be in NY this coming week and had planned to visit Calvary but my > host tells me it’s too dangerous. I don’t want to put anyone in danger so > wanted to check with those of you who might know! Should I skip Calvary? > She said it’s like a big forest of tombstones and trees. > > Kathy